Race · Round 14 of 15 · 27 September 1981

1981 Canadian Grand Prix

Jacques Laffite won for Ligier from 10th on the grid at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. 12 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Circuit Gilles-VilleneuveMontreal, Canada
Winner: Jacques LaffiteLigier
Pole: Nelson Piquet
Fastest lap: John Watson
Entries: 3012 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS17	10	63	Finished	9
2	John Watson	McLaren	—	9	63	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	126CK	11	63	Finished	4
4	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	—	15	62	Finished	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT49C	1	62	Finished	2
6	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	7	62	Finished	1
7	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	—	16	62	Finished	0
8	Derek Daly	March	811	20	61	Finished	0
9	Marc Surer	Theodore	TY01	19	61	Finished	0
10	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	FW07C	2	60	Finished	0
11	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	22	59	Finished	0
12	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	—	14	56	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	—	13	51	Spun off	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Renault	—	4	48	Collision	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	—	5	45	Collision	0
DNF	Slim Borgudd	ATS	—	21	39	Spun off	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	BT49C	6	35	Spun off	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	—	23	26	Collision	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	FW07C	3	24	Handling	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	126CK	12	24	Ignition	0
DNF	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	N180B	24	8	Spun off	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	JS17	17	6	Spun off	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	A3	18	6	Spun off	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Renault	—	8	0	Collision	0
DNQ	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	F8C	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	F8C	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Brian Henton	Toleman	TG181	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.	Arrows	A3	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman	TG181	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout montreal-2 · 4.41 km · 19 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Jacques Laffite	10	1	63
John Watson	9	2	63
Gilles Villeneuve	11	3	63
Bruno Giacomelli	15	4	62
Nelson Piquet	1	5	62
Elio de Angelis	7	6	62
Mario Andretti	16	7	62
Derek Daly	20	8	61
Marc Surer	19	9	61
Carlos Reutemann	2	10	60
Michele Alboreto	22	11	59
Eddie Cheever	14	12	56
Andrea de Cesaris	13	DNF	51
Alain Prost	4	DNF	48
Nigel Mansell	5	DNF	45
Slim Borgudd	21	DNF	39
Héctor Rebaque	6	DNF	35
Jean-Pierre Jarier	23	DNF	26
Alan Jones	3	DNF	24
Didier Pironi	12	DNF	24
Eliseo Salazar	24	DNF	8
Patrick Tambay	17	DNF	6
Riccardo Patrese	18	DNF	6
Rene Arnoux	8	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:29.211	—	—
2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	1:29.359	+0.148	+0.148
3	Alan Jones	Williams	1	1:29.728	+0.517	+0.369
4	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:29.908	+0.697	+0.180
5	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:29.997	+0.786	+0.089
6	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	6	1:30.182	+0.971	+0.185
7	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:30.231	+1.020	+0.049
8	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:30.232	+1.021	+0.001
9	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:30.566	+1.355	+0.334
10	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:30.705	+1.494	+0.139
11	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	27	1:31.115	+1.904	+0.410
12	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	28	1:31.350	+2.139	+0.235
13	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	8	1:31.507	+2.296	+0.157
14	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	3	1:31.547	+2.336	+0.040
15	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	1:31.600	+2.389	+0.053
16	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	22	1:31.740	+2.529	+0.140
17	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	25	1:31.747	+2.536	+0.007
18	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	1:31.969	+2.758	+0.222
19	Marc Surer	Theodore	33	1:32.253	+3.042	+0.284
20	Derek Daly	March	17	1:32.305	+3.094	+0.052
21	Slim Borgudd	ATS	9	1:32.652	+3.441	+0.347
22	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:32.709	+3.498	+0.057
23	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	32	1:33.432	+4.221	+0.723
24	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	14	1:33.848	+4.637	+0.416
25	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	20	1:34.310	+5.099	+0.462
26	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	21	1:36.546	+7.335	+2.236
27	Brian Henton	Toleman	35	1:36.648	+7.437	+0.102
28	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.	Arrows	30	1:36.720	+7.509	+0.072
29	Derek Warwick	Toleman	36	1:36.999	+7.788	+0.279
30	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	31	1:37.493	+8.282	+0.494

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round: 14 of 1981
Grand Prix: Canadian Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Sep 1981
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ligier
Entrant: Ligier-Matra
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.